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Top election authority overturns annulment of pro-Kurdish party candidate’s election victory

Turkey’s  Supreme Election Council (YSK) on Wednesday approved an appeal made by the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party) against a decision...

Turkey’s state-run TV interviews controversial influencer Andrew Tate

American-British online influencer Andrew Tate, known for his displays of wealth and misogynistic views and facing criminal accusations of sexual misconduct, has given an...

Turkey’s Trabzonspor get six-match spectator ban over pitch invasion

Turkish football club Trabzonspor has been ordered to play six home matches behind closed doors after violent scenes marred a league game with rival...

European politicians condemn overturning of Kurdish mayor’s election victory

A regional election commission's decision to deny a newly elected Kurdish mayor the mandate to assume office in the eastern province of Van has...

9 detained after 29 die in Ä°stanbul nightclub fire

Nine people including the owner and manager of a nightclub in Ä°stanbul have been detained as part of an investigation into a fire that...

Turks left scrimping after inflation stokes rebuke to ErdoÄŸan

As the euphoria of a municipal election drubbing of President Recep Tayyip ErdoÄŸan ebbs, Turks are left watching their wallets, with inflation that has...

Turkey’s top court annuls interior minister’s broad powers over civil society organizations

Turkey’s Constitutional Court has cancelled certain provisions of a 2020 law that granted the authority to the interior minister to suspend board members and...

Death of PKK commander in northern Iraq airstrike blamed on Turkey

A drone strike killed an outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) commander on Tuesday in northern Iraq, Kurdish authorities said, blaming the strike on Turkey. Turkey...

Protests against overturning of pro-Kurdish candidate’s election victory continue unabated

Protests that have erupted across Turkey in response to a local electoral authority's decision to annul the election victory of a pro-Kurdish candidate in...

Selective and weak: Critics slam outgoing CoE commissioner’s poor record on Turkey

As Dunja Mijatović’s mandate as the Council of Europe’s commissioner for human rights came to a close on April 1, rights groups criticized the...

Belgium convicts Turkish hit team in absentia for foiled assassination attempt

A Belgian appeals court has convicted in absentia two members of a Turkish hit team who authorities say were preparing for attacks on Remzi...

Outrage erupts over election board’s denial of pro-Kurdish mayoral candidate’s win

The provincial election authority’s move to reverse the victory a pro-Kurdish candidate who won the mayor's race in Turkey’s eastern Van province, opening the...

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